For the past 20 years I've written longform feature articles both for global magazines and for organisations in the form of contract publishing. My feature writing has been published by Wired, Travel & Leisure, The Village Voice, Doubletake and the Industry Standard. It includes: Investigating oil pollution in Ecuador Documenting disappearing culture in Ethiopia and... Continue Reading →

In Ecuador’s Rain Forest, the Case Against Texaco is Clear-Cut LAGO AGRIO, ECUADOR–At first sight, it didn’t seem that bad. Yes, Lago, as everyone calls it, in the heart of the Oriente, is a dusty, tough-looking oil town. But it was hardly the apocalyptic nightmare I had been led to expect. Where were the rivers... Continue Reading →

In Bed-Stuy, the nation’s only minority-run volunteer ambulance corps rides the streets, and 911’s not a joke. It’s 10 past four on a fast-cooling early Saturday morning and the red-eye crew of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps is sipping coffee in the back of the ambulance. Martin Law, 30, Timothy Sutton, 28, Angelina Coleman, 23,and... Continue Reading →

On the road at the 1999 Rugby World Cup At the end of last summer, I was driving on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway when a car passed by me with a sticker on its rear bumper that read CYMRU AM BYTH — or, translated from the Welsh, “Wales for Ever.” My heart leapt. It’s... Continue Reading →

On the trail of Ayahuasca and biopiracy in the Ecuadorean rainforest In my dream, I’m sitting on lush, wet grass in a place I’ve never seen before. With me are a man and woman, both young and attractive, strangers to me. We’ve drunk a potion and now we are waiting. Suddenly the woman’s expression changes... Continue Reading →

I’ve spent the last three decades writing, editing, speaking and advising companies. In that time I’ve worked on many different projects, on various topics and with many different clients. So it made sense to try and compile this portfolio of work and thinking all in one place. In doing so, I hope it will give... Continue Reading →

We are entering the age of sustainability – a business era where every company, big and small, must adapt their ways of doing business to meet the realities of climate change, a finite supply of natural resources, evolving attitudes about inequality, increasing digitisation and automation. At the same time companies must meet the demands... Continue Reading →

I'm regularly asked to help organisations and executives understand the importance of building trust with an increasingly digital and connected society, and how sustainability and purpose sit at the heart of gaining respect. I've spoken at corporate events for PwC, Air New Zealand, Nike, New Zealand Post, Meijer and other clients. Major conferences and events... Continue Reading →

My thought leadership writing includes PwC's annual CEO Survey, Pulse and Spotlight features, as well as essays on the future of food, robotics and sustainable agriculture for some of the world's leading companies and consultancies.